( it's not her fault. caroline says it, and elena knows it to be true. logically, it couldn't possibly be true. it still feels like it was her responsibility to keep them all together. she and bonnie arrived on the same day over a year ago. it's a failing, somehow, that she left and elena is still here. not to mention, she can't help thinking along the same lines: if the most powerful person in their group can be taken so easily, what hope is there for the rest of them?
elena smiles, albeit achingly, in damon's direction. ) Hold that thought.
( she gives damon's fingers a light squeeze, and sets her satchel on the foot of the bed. ) She left something for both of you. ( the first item she recovers is a stuffed bear that will be intimately familiar to both of them. they've all taken a go at miss cuddles, kai parker included, but its history lies with caroline and bonnie, and when (other) caroline first arrived, she retrieved it from the closets when she was missing her best friends. thus, elena hands miss cuddles to caroline. bonnie's orders.
if caroline is perceptive enough, she'll discover if not now, at some point, that there's something inside the stuffed animal. )
go home again, so long as you understand home is a place you've never been
elena smiles, albeit achingly, in damon's direction. ) Hold that thought.
( she gives damon's fingers a light squeeze, and sets her satchel on the foot of the bed. ) She left something for both of you. ( the first item she recovers is a stuffed bear that will be intimately familiar to both of them. they've all taken a go at miss cuddles, kai parker included, but its history lies with caroline and bonnie, and when (other) caroline first arrived, she retrieved it from the closets when she was missing her best friends. thus, elena hands miss cuddles to caroline. bonnie's orders.
if caroline is perceptive enough, she'll discover if not now, at some point, that there's something inside the stuffed animal. )